A collection of events and birthdays that happened in history on January 15. You will find some history, trivia, some quirky anecdotes and some serious reference material.
1559 – England’s Queen Elizabeth I (Elizabeth Tudor) was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1777 – The people of New Connecticut (now the state of Vermont) declared their independence.
1831 – 1st US-built locomotive to pull a passenger train makes 1st run
1863 – “The Boston Morning Journal” became the first paper in the U.S. to be published on wood pulp paper.
1967 – The first National Football League Super Bowl was played. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League. The final score was 35-10.
1973 – 4 Watergate burglars plead guilty in federal court
1973 – Pres Nixon suspends all US offensive action in N Vietnam
1986 – President Reagan signed legislation making Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday a national holiday to be celebrated on the third Monday of January.
2001 – Wikipedia was launched.
2008 – The iTunes Music Store reached 4 billion songs sold.
2009 – US Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing into the Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York City.
BIRTHDAYS
1929 – Martin Luther King Jr., born in Atlanta, Georgia
1941 – Captain Beefheart, [Don Van Vliet], rocker (Bongo Fury, Shiny Beast)
1948 – Ronnie Van Zant, rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
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